{"id":"kalamkari","no":753,"name":"Kalamkari","ja":"カラムカリ","era":"surviving early modern textiles–present","family":"染織の伝統","kind":"技法","source":{"title":"Impart Encyclopedia of Art — Kalamkari","url":"https://imp-art.org/articles/kalamkari/"},"essence":"南インドで、布に輪郭を描き、媒染と防染を使って色を定着させる絵付け・染色の伝統。手描きの物語画と、型を使う装飾布の展開があり、黒い線と平らな色面が画面を支える。SrikalahastiとMachilipatnamなどの違いを残し、単に花柄の布を指す名前にはしない。","cues":["黒い輪郭が人物、植物、場面を区切る","布の色を残しながら赤や藍などの色面を置く","物語の区画や花の反復を縁取りで囲む","筆の線と型の反復が、産地と作品ごとに異なる"],"intents":["親密","懐かしさ"],"pair":["batik","ajrakh"],"study":["Srikalahasti and Machilipatnam traditions","The Met — Kalamkari Rumal, ca. 1640–50","British Museum — Dashavatara kalamkari hanging"],"works":["布の物語と染色工程を、作例と工程図で一緒に説明するとき","作り手と協働する出版・展示・生活布の企画で、縁と場面の構成を検討するとき"],"recipe":{"type":"場面の説明は絵付けから分け、産地、用途、技法を短いラベルで示す。","layout":"縁と中央の領域を先に定め、手描きの場面か反復の単位かを選んで組む。","material":"布へ線と色を置く試験片を作り、描画、媒染、防染、洗浄の役割を個別に記録する。"},"avoid":"手描きと型染めを一つの工程として説明しない。印刷による現代の模様と手仕事を区別し、すべてのカラムカリが自然染料とは断言しない。","colors":["#DFCDA4","#A04434","#303C47"],"motif":"textile","collection":"Dictionary expansion 49","addedAt":"2026-10-05","reference":{"status":"verified","pageUrl":"https://imp-art.org/articles/kalamkari/","credit":"Impart Encyclopedia of Art — Kalamkari","gallery":[{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kalamkari%20Rumal%20MET%20SC98375.jpg?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalamkari%20Rumal%20MET%20SC98375.jpg","credit":"Kalamkari Rumal, ca. 1640–50 — Metropolitan Museum of Art — Wikimedia Commons / CC0"},{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dashavatara%20de%20kalamkari%2C%20British%20Museum.jpg?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dashavatara%20de%20kalamkari%2C%20British%20Museum.jpg","credit":"Dashavatara kalamkari hanging, ca. 1870–1930 — British Museum; photo: Jl FilpoC — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0"}]},"en":{"essence":"A South Indian tradition of drawing and colouring cloth through mordants and resists. Hand-drawn narratives and block-printed ornament are different branches, often sharing outlined forms and flat colour. Retain distinctions between centres such as Srikalahasti and Machilipatnam rather than using the name for any floral fabric.","cues":["Dark outlines separating figures, plants and scenes","Red or indigo fields beside areas of retained cloth colour","Borders enclosing narrative sections or floral repeats","Pen lines and block repetition varying by place and work"],"works":["Explaining textile narratives and dyeing through examples and process diagrams","Working with makers on the relationship between borders and scenes in cloth or exhibitions"],"recipe":{"type":"Keep scene explanations separate and identify place, use and technique in short labels.","layout":"Define border and central field, then choose narrative compartments or a repeat unit.","material":"Make test pieces and record the separate roles of drawing, mordant, resist and washing."},"avoid":"Do not describe hand drawing and block printing as one process. Distinguish printed imitations from handwork and do not assume all present-day kalamkari uses natural dyes."},"links":{"page":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/kalamkari","json":"https://indexstyle.org/api/styles/kalamkari","designSpec":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/kalamkari/design.md","imagePrompt":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/kalamkari/prompt.txt"},"usage":{"license":"CC-BY-4.0","licenseName":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org","attributionUrl":"https://indexstyle.org","scope":"Original IndexStyle text and structured data. Reference images, quoted works, and third-party material are excluded and retain their own rights."}}